Arch-support.



E. J. EMERY.

ARCH SUPPORT.

APPLIGATION FILED 00119. 1912.

Patented May 6, 1.913.

ELlLAS J. EMERY, or ronrsmourn, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

To all whom it may ARCH-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 19, 191 2. Serial No. 726,731.

concern."

Be it known that I, ELIAS J. EMERY, a

citizen of the United States, Portsmouth, in the county of 5'and State of New Hampshire, certain new'and Arch-Supports, of

residing at have invented useful Improvements in which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention contemplates an arch-support, preferably of resilient material such as rubber, of a shoe and under arranged to be attached outside or the like forward of the heel the arch or instep; and the invention provides simple and reliable means out injury to the I securing such'a support in place witharticle of footwear with which it is associated and in such manner that it may be detached easily when desired. en read in connection with the description herein, the details of construction and arrangement of parts contemplated by the invention will be apparentfrom the accompanying drawing,

wherein a preferable. embodiment of the informing part hereof,

vention, as applied to a shoe, is disclosed, for purposes of illustration.

While the disclosures herein now are considered to represent the best embodiment of the invention, it is is notv the intention to be understood that it to 'to this embodiment in interpretation of claims hereinafter, I'IOllS changes withi can be made with as it is obvious that van the scope of the claims out departing from the nature and spirit of the invention.

Like reference-characters refer to corresponding parts in the view of the drawing,

of which Figure 1 is a View to a shoe; Fig. 2 is support; Fig. 3 is support and its anenlarged View 0 the front part of the support attached an enlarged view of the an enlarged view of the securing devices; Fig. 4 isf the clamp for securing of thesupport; Fig. 5 vis a view of one form of securing-plate; and

Fig. 6 is a view ing-plate.

Having more pa drawin of footwear, 8 the tion of the sole, and 10 the of another form of securrticular reference to,the' g, 7 designates a shoe or other article heel, 9 the instep portread portion of port includes a pad 11,

r or other resilient ma- Rockingham be limited necessarily Patented May 6, i913;

.teri-al, shapedto fit the contour of the shoe at the instep and to afford a bearing surface extending from the heel to the tread portion of the sole. and arranged to have a larger end abut the front surface of the heel and a smaller or reduced end extend to, or about to, the rear end of the tread portion of the sole, whereby a'support is af- 'forded between the heel and the ball of the foot of the wearer.

For the purpose of attaching the pad at its rear end to a shoe, there is secured to the upper surface of the pad a plate or mem- I her 12 of rigid sheet material, preferably metal, from which extends rearwardly and beyond the rear end of the pad a tongue 13 arranged to be disposed between the heel v and sole or between the layers of material forming the heel of a shoe. Member 12 may be attached to the pad by depending side. clips 14 having inwardlyfextending prongs 15 projecting into the the pad and by depending clips 16 having inwardly-extending prongs 17 also projecting into the pad material, as shown by Fig. .5; or member 12 may be attached to the pad by rivets or rpds 18 passing through the pad and having their ends secured in depending side lugs 19, as, shown 'by Fig. 6.

'75 material of In order to secure the pad to the shoe at its front reduced end, there is provided a spring metal clamp 20, having inturned ends 21 arranged to engage over the sole at its side edges and an offset portion 22 arranged to embrace the reduced end of the pad when the clamp is in place on the shoe. The clamp is so shaped and proportioned that it spans the sole at the place where it begins to widen from the comparatively narrow portion under the instep to the comparatively wide tread portion, whereby the clamp is prevented from working forward and be- .coming disengaged from the pad. The contact of the clampwith the pad prevents the clamp from working rearwardly to a narrower part of the instep portion of the sole where it might become disengaged from the sole. V v

The support is attached to a shoe by first inserting the tongue 13 between the heel and sole or between layers of material formin the heeland then pressing the rear end 0 the pad against the front surface of the heel; and then the clamp 20 is sprung over i the sole in the proper place with its offset portion 22 embracing the front reduced end of the pad. The support is removed by reon the upper surface of the pad aplate hav-' versal of this process.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and dGSHB'tO secure by' Letters Patent, is-

1. An arch-support comprising a pad arranged to be secured outside of foot-wear and under the instep portion of the sole,

ing thereon clips with portions thereof pro.-

7, jecting into thematerial" of the pad, means on the plate whereby the pad is secured 1n place at its rear end, and means for attaching-the padat its front end. I

' 2. Anarch-support comprising 'a'fp'ad arranged to be secured outside of footwear and under the instep portion of the solo, a clamp arranged to span the sole and embrace the front end of the pad, and means for attaching the pad at its rear end.

3. An'arch support comprising a pad arranged to be secured outside of footwearand under the instep portion of the sole, a clamp of spring material arranged to embrace the front end of the pad and having inturned ends arranged to engage over the sole, and means for attaching the pad at its rear end.

4. An arch-support comprising a pad arranged to be secured outside of footwear and under the instep portion of the sole, a.

clamp of spring material arranged to span the sole and having an oifset portion arand means end of the pad and arranged to engage over the sole,

ranged toembrace the front end of the pad,

for attaching the pad at its rear a 5. Anarch-support comprising a pad arranged to be secured outside of footwear and under the: instep port-ion of the sole, a

clamp of spring material formed with an offset portion adapted to embrace the front and means for attaching the pad at itsrear end. a

having inturned ends "6. An varch-support comprising a pad arranged to'be secured outside of footwear and under the instep portion ,of the sole, a tongue on said pad arranged to cooperate I with the heel of footwear to attach-the pad at its rear end,-.and

a clamp arranged to span the sole and. embrace the front end of the pad.

'1. An arch-support comprising a pad arranged to be secured outside of footwear and under the instep portion of the sole, on

.the upper surface of the pad a plate having 

